by WOF Editorial Team | 23 Feb, 2017 | Profiles
“I have six family members at home who depend solely on me for their survival,” says Thabo Masanabo of Kwaggafontein, when asked why he joined the programme. Masanabo is a firefighter based at the Dr JS Moroka Team in Tweefontein. He says the violent nature of the...
by WOF Editorial Team | 22 Feb, 2017 | Profiles
Thabo Makola’s dream of becoming a sound engineer was cut short when he could not pay his tuition fees. “I did not have R2 000 to pay my tuition fee for the final two modules to complete my National Diploma in Sound Engineering at the University of South Africa,” says...
by WOF Editorial Team | 20 Feb, 2017 | Working on Fire
A Training Officer in Gauteng, Happy Mpandeli, reports that alien invasive plant species like pompom and lantana are dangerous and are a threat to vegetation. “We have t rained 95 herbicide applicators to mitigate these alien plants this year as they grow a lot...
by WOF Editorial Team | 19 Feb, 2017 | Profiles
Many of our Working On Fire participants strive to become the best they can be. Thabiso Ditibane is one of our participants who has not only managed to be promoted as a WOF driver but is also doing his utmost to further his studies. Funded by his earnings, Ditibane...
by WOF Editorial Team | 18 Feb, 2017 | Profiles
Firefighter Zamile Dlamini from Umzimkhulu, KwaZulu-Natal, recently started his own tuck shop business in his community. Dlamini, who was recruited to Working on Fire in April 2013, saved for months before he had enough capital to open his business at the end of...
